Celtic have nothing but pride to play for but Lennon expects his men to push BarcelonaGetty

Neil Lennon has warned his Celtic players to be at their most competitive against Barcelona in the Nou Camp tonight, despite having nothing to play for other than pride. Celtic are guaranteed to finish bottom of group H, but Lennon fears the consequences if they are not fully focused.

“I hope they don’t think they are coming here [only] to fulfil a fixture because they’re not,” Lennon said. “If that’s the case, they’ll be in for a very rough night, very early.

“It’s like a cup final almost. You want to enjoy the occasion, but you only do that if you play well and get something out of the game. We don’t want to come here and get well beaten without laying a glove on…